Table 3.
Bivariate Associations of SWB with Demographic and Clinical Variables
| Variables | Socioeconomic Well-Being (SWB) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| N‡ | Mean (SD) | P value | |
| Age | 0.3860 | ||
| ≤ 50 years | 75 | 31.95 (7.93) | |
| 51–64 years | 149 | 32.83 (6.94) | |
| ≥ 65 years | 70 | 33.63 (7.49) | |
| Ethnicity | <.0001 | ||
| Chinese American | 147 | 29.76 (8.26) | |
| NHW | 147 | 35.82 (4.61) | |
| Married | 0.5879 | ||
| Yes | 205 | 32.69 (7.54) | |
| No | 88 | 33.19 (6.73) | |
| Education | <.0001 | ||
| High school or lower | 62 | 27.02 (9.01) | |
| College and higher | 232 | 34.34 (5.95) | |
| Birthplace | <.0001 | ||
| US-born | 162 | 35.86 (4.57) | |
| Foreign-born | 131 | 28.99 (8.31) | |
| Employed | 0.0921 | ||
| Yes | 174 | 33.39 (6.62) | |
| No | 120 | 31.93 (8.22) | |
| Annual household income | <.0001 | ||
| ≤30k | 50 | 23.20 (7.38) | |
| 30k-99k | 102 | 34.20 (5.59) | |
| ≥100k | 124 | 36.08 (3.91) | |
| Cancer stage | 0.2394 | ||
| 0 | 109 | 33.73 (6.72) | |
| I | 142 | 32.26 (7.71) | |
| IIa | 43 | 32.14 (7.48) | |
| Insurance coverage | <.0001 | ||
| Government plan | 49 | 25.27 (8.69) | |
| Private insurance | 245 | 34.30 (6.01) | |
| Chemotherapy | 0.0312 | ||
| Yes | 52 | 30.81 (8.93) | |
| No | 242 | 33.21 (6.89) | |
| Radiation | 0.9057 | ||
| Yes | 142 | 32.85 (7.64) | |
| No | 152 | 32.74 (7.06) | |
| Lumpectomy | 0.9794 | ||
| Yes | 195 | 32.78 (7.28) | |
| No | 99 | 32.81 (7.47) | |
| Mastectomy | 0. 7834 | ||
| Yes | 98 | 32.96 (7.36) | |
| No | 196 | 32.71 (7.34) | |
| Acculturation status† | <.0001 | ||
| Low-acculturated Chinese immigrants | 96 | 26.94 (8.31) | |
| High-acculturated Chinese immigrants | 28 | 35.00 (4.94) | |
| US-born Chinese/NHW group | 170 | 35.79 (4.65) | |
Note. Higher mean scores indicate higher socioeconomic well-being
‡
The sample size did not add up to 296 due to few missing values in different variables.
†
High and low acculturation only accounts for Chinese immigrants